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Near Veracruz in the Bay of Campeche, the English privateers White Lion and Treasurer, operating under Dutch and Savoyard letters of marque and sponsored by the Earl of Warwick and Samuel Argall, attacked the San Juan Bautista, and each took 20-30 of the African captives to Old Point Comfort on Hampton Roads at the tip of the Virginia Peninsula, the first time such a group was brought to ...
To some members of the African American community, Angela, as a part of the group of 'First Africans', is an important aspect of their historical identity. [2] At Historic Jamestown, a costumed interpreter performs Angela's story for visitors. [3] A new play was commissioned by the Jamestown Settlement, which also tells Angela's story. [3]
The facility opened in 1948 as New York International Airport [12] [13] [14] and was commonly known as Idlewild Airport. [15] Following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, the airport was renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport in tribute to him. [16] [17] [18]
Tucker, a college professor in Arizona, spoke at one of several events in Virginia this weekend that will mark the arrival of more than 30 enslaved Africans at a spot on the Chesapeake Bay in ...
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John Graweere also known as John Gowen (ca. 1615–living 1641) [a] was one of the First Africans in Virginia, who was a servant who earned enough money to pay for his son's freedom. He filed a lawsuit to free his son, arguing that he wanted to raise him as a Christian.
William Tucker was born near Jamestown of the Colony of Virginia c. 1624, [4] and appears on the Virginia Muster of 1624/5, the first comprehensive census made in North America. [5] His parents were Isabell and Anthony, African indentured servants. [2] [4] When he was born, there were 22 Africans in the colony, most of whom arrived in 1619. [2]